ISDS Case Map
Mexico
Trump's administration is considering granting relief from his 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports to products that comply with the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Few countries have bet as heavily on free trade as Mexico and Canada. Now that President Trump says 25% tariffs will hit both countries, their economies are facing a stress test that rivals the global financial crisis and the pandemic.
A quarter century ago, I was tear-gassed protesting free trade. Now that Trump’s tariffs may signal the beginning of the end of globalization, do I get to say, “I told you so?”
The dispute panel’s ruling against Mexico in a challenge brought by the US, and Mexico’s eventual agreement to withdraw the provisions on corn, points to the limitations of existing trade rules, which are heavily influenced by industrial agriculture and biotechnology interests.
Why should we feel constrained by a free trade agreement? If we could make a compelling economic and policy case to renationalize a key industry, we should just do it and we should stop worrying about whether it’s allowed in the free trade agreement or not.
Genetically modified corn dispute from the US and Canada exposes lack of protection for Indigenous rights in recent trade deals.
The Mexican government officially repealed its ban on genetically modified corn imports from the United States, following an arbitration ruling under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Brussels celebrates its new friendships. But Mexico, in the firing line of the U.S. president’s tariffs, has every reason to stay quiet.
ECVC condemns the decision of the leaders of the European Commission and Mexico to conclude the EU-Mexico trade agreement negotiations, just one and a half months after the EU-Mercosur deal negotiations were finalised.
The EU has concluded negotiations with Mexico on an updated trade agreement, the European Commission announced in a press release.
